{"id":1521412,"date":"2026-07-06T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=9d9347d3a45070a1be142f100de27785"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:45:57","slug":"in-brief-patty-jenkins-developing-new-rom-com-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1521412","title":{"rendered":"In brief: Patty Jenkins developing new rom-com, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/07\/794d8dc321fc25fb69bbae767646d99d.jpg\" alt\/><\/figure><p><em>Wonder Woman<\/em> director Patty Jenkins has reportedly found her next project. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/patty-jenkins-produce-rom-com-best-men-gay-romance-novel-1236973046\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>, she is currently developing a rom-com called <em>Best Men<\/em>, about a bride\u2019s \u201cman of honor\u201d who falls for the groom\u2019s best man. The film is based on Sidney Karger\u2019s debut novel of the same name \u2026<\/p><p>Michael Weatherly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaQ1D9EAqpV\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is returning<\/a> to <em>NCIS<\/em>. He\u2019ll be reprising his role as Tony DiNozzo in a seasonlong arc for the show\u2019s 24th season. Weatherly previously starred in the CBS show for 13 seasons and led a Paramount+ spinoff series called <em>NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva<\/em>. <em>NCIS<\/em> will air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET\/PT this fall \u2026<\/p><p>LaRoyce Hawkins is reportedly leaving <em>Chicago P.D.<\/em> after 13 seasons. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/chicago-pd-laroyce-hawkins-leaving-show-1236972797\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a> reports he will appear in some episodes early on in season 14 to wrap up his character Officer Kevin Atwater\u2019s storyline. The show is now casting a new series regular, according to the outlet \u2026<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins has reportedly found her next project. According to Deadline, she is currently developing a rom-com called Best Men, about a bride\u2019s \u201cman of honor\u201d who falls for the groom\u2019s best man. The film is based on Sidney Karg&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":1521425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-02\/E_inbriefgraphic.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-entertainment-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-08 11:02:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-02\/E_inbriefgraphic.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1521412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521424,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521412\/revisions\/1521424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1521412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1521412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1521412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}